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After 27 years working with lions, Kevin Richardson faces a first: treating ringworm on Charlie’s tail before the fungal infection can spread. Following days of heavy rain and damp weather, two lions at the sanctuary have developed lesions, so the team carefully moves Thor’s Pride to separate Charlie for treatment.

See how the keepers use the loading vehicle, food and a step-by-step routine to clean and treat Charlie’s tail, while preparing the team to continue care when Kevin is away. The update also shows Vieti’s recovery, with hair growing back after several weeks of daily treatment.

A behind-the-scenes wildlife sanctuary video about lion care, animal handling and fungal infection treatment, offering an informative look at the practical work involved in caring for captive lions.

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00:04there we need to treat that it's a fight against the fungus all right morning everyone today um
00:13we're going to be doing something slightly different to the usual we're going to be doing
00:17a little move around and we're going to be moving in thor's pride at six lions two males and four
00:23females and we are going to be treating charlie for some ringworm on his tail now these two lions at
00:33the sanctuary that have developed these lesions these little round spots on their tail it's it's
00:39charlie and and vietzi and why it's occurring is we've had as many of you will know tons and tons
00:47and tons of rain and many many overcast days so everything is wet and damp and perfect perfect
00:55conditions for a fungus to just um you know really take hold and um yeah so unfortunately
01:04we've noticed that just on two lions and we are trying to be proactive so that this doesn't spread
01:11everywhere in the sanctuary because these these funguses can really be terrifying if they if
01:18they take hold so yesterday i was at um dr caldwell he's mixed up a nice lotion and potion um
01:27and we've
01:27got to basically um endeavor to uh treat these these these fungal infections uh daily if not twice daily
01:40but uh yeah at least at least once a day i'm going to be away um in the coming weeks
01:47so
01:48what i'm trying to do is i'm trying to develop a protocol uh whereby george and or brenton can load
01:55the lion safely without me into the loading vehicle and then while one occupies the mouth end with food
02:04the other can work on the tail end and uh yeah so this uh this video today is going to
02:13have a twist in
02:14the tail pardon the pun um it's not your conventional move the lions around um but yeah um it should
02:22be
02:22interesting because i haven't done this before so there we go 27 years of working with the lions
02:28and uh this is something new so stick around and enjoy all right so before we can treat charlie we're
02:39going to move this whole group around we're going to move them to the camp next door to the walking
02:44camp they are the next group to go walking but uh we need to get thor and two girls out
02:49uh first and
02:51then we can treat old charlie uh hey my boy yeah yeah
03:20okay
03:20okay so the first the first one to load is always this girl jub jub
03:26um um and him sorry yeah sorry with this group with this group one has to
03:40keep one's wits about them because there's always a a little mouth well not such a little mouth a big
03:46mouth wanting to steal a titbit and sometimes they'll try and steal the entire bag yeah okay go go go
03:55go
03:56go go go whoop whoop okay yeah so i'm just going to lock him in ah move there neige
04:07pain it can be such a pain okay you guys yeah
04:15yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah
04:33yeah
04:34and yeah yeah
04:39yeah
04:39yeah
04:40Yep.
04:43Yep.
04:53Yep.
04:54Come, Nish.
04:56Yep.
04:58Nish.
05:01Nish.
05:04Nish.
05:10Nish.
05:11Nish.
05:12Nish.
05:12Nish.
05:13That's my boy.
05:14Nish.
05:26Okay.
05:27Yeah.
05:28Yeah.
05:32Your bum getting too big for this cage.
05:35Okay.
05:37All right.
05:38Okay, done.
05:39Okay.
05:41Just these three.
05:41Yeah.
05:42Yeah.
05:42In here.
05:54Yeah.
05:55Charlie.
05:56Yeah.
05:58Go.
06:00Sure.
06:02Guys, it's next level hot today.
06:0635 degrees.
06:08And it is only 940 in the morning.
06:11With this humidity, it is killer.
06:15Obviously, the bigger the group, the harder it is.
06:18It's a little bit more complicated.
06:20It is why I'm moving this group to the bigger camp.
06:24With a bigger holding camp, it's going to be a lot easier to separate them so that they can isolate
06:30Charlie and just load Charlie.
06:33Otherwise, the girls just barge their way in.
06:37All good.
06:38All good so far.
06:39Offload Thor.
06:42Offload Thor, Nish, and Jabari.
06:44Head back.
06:46Get Indira, Lola, and Charlie.
06:49And then offload Lola, Indira.
06:52Keep Charlie in the back.
06:55Treat Charlie.
06:56Okay.
06:56That's the plan.
06:58At least.
07:23Good big guy.
07:30He always looks so cross, eh?
07:35Come.
07:43Here.
07:48Here.
07:49Here.
08:01Greta.
08:03Okay.
08:22So
08:26Charles
08:28I don't have
08:31This one is your tail. Give me your tail.
08:35We need to treat that.
08:40A little bit more
08:45Whoop!
09:07Yeah
09:09Yeah
09:09Yeah
09:12Yeah
09:12Yeah
09:15Okay
09:16Okay
09:18Yeah
09:19Yeah
09:21Yeah
09:22Yeah
09:25Yeah
09:26Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
09:58Okay, move your pretty bum.
10:01Yeah, jolly.
10:02Yeah, jolly.
10:04Yeah.
10:10Okay.
10:12Yeah, yeah, well done.
10:19Right.
10:20But the plan is to now offload the two girls, keep Charlie behind, treat the tail.
10:30Bob's your uncle.
10:32Easy as pie.
10:35Yeah, I'm not sure it's easy as pie, but as I said, a lot simpler than if we had a
10:43lion
10:43that was hissing and spitting at us.
10:56He might get out, I'll have to load him back in again.
10:59Okay.
11:00There is a gap here, George, so you can stay inside.
11:05Okay.
11:16Here.
11:18Here.
11:23Here.
11:35Here.
11:38Okay, here, Charlie.
11:47Good boy.
11:51Good boy, Charlie.
11:52Okay, George, you can go forward.
12:04Okay.
12:05Charlie.
12:06Here.
12:07Charlie.
12:12All right, that's exactly there is good.
12:15Okay, Charlie, Charlie.
12:24Yeah, such a good boy.
12:29He's also got a lesion on his leg.
12:32Oh yes, I see it. You see it? Yeah
12:46What a good boy. Eh? Excellent. Okay so Charlie we know we just do that
13:01Put a little bit more
13:05So proud of you Charlie. You're even better than Vajetzi. Don't let Vajetzi hear me say that.
13:19Okay so that's the hibitane done
13:31Now the shampoo
13:34Myconazole and chlorhexidine
13:38I want to just try and get his tail through here
13:41That would be amazing if I can do that. Okay, maybe move him a bit that way because his tail
13:46is quite cramped
13:48Okay, let him sit down again
13:52Okay
13:57Okay, okay
14:07He's looking at me. What are you doing?
14:11There we go. That's what I wanted
14:34There we go. That's what I wanted to do.
14:56Yeah, Charlie. All right done with that
15:01And the last thing is just need this to dry a bit. Okay
15:06So you mustn't put the cream on when this is wet
15:08Yes, yes it has to dry a bit. Yes, it has to dry a bit.
15:12Did I get all of it there? Can you see? Yes
15:16That's all of it, eh? Yes. Okay
15:19Charlie, Charlie
15:21Okay, that's fine
15:24And then I know definitely one of the questions that's going to come up is
15:29Uh, if I'm handling this fungus
15:33Without gloves or anything like that then why aren't I going to get it and the reason being is obviously
15:38I've got the anti-fungal shampoo and the ointment
15:45Okay, boy
15:47on my hand
15:49So it's all good
15:51Hello, boy
16:00Okay, okay get him in position
16:08There's fine
16:13Okay, there's even better
16:19Okay, I just want to get there it is there. Let me just do that
16:36Okay, can't see anywhere else
16:40Done. Well done. Well done, Charles. Awesome. Well done, George
16:46and I think
16:47uh, Brenton and you are going to do just fine. I'm super confident
17:09Yeah
17:11Okay
17:36Bye bye you guys
17:38Bye Charles
17:40See you big boy
17:43Yeah
17:52I hope you enjoyed that one
17:53Certainly a different kind of Lion Whisperer TV video
17:57How we treat the lions, how we treat the the ringworm outbreak
18:01Well, hardly call it an outbreak because it's just two cats at this point in time
18:05And that's where we hope to keep it. Oh, you're looking so good my boy. Look at you. Vietzi had
18:11a bit of a bout of
18:12Um, um, what we call ringworm
18:16And, uh, the guys have done such an amazing job
18:20At, uh, treating
18:22It and
18:24Yeah, now the hair is growing back. Oh, he's a happy cat
18:28The hair is growing back and he wants a tummy rub
18:31But I must just say
18:33Vietzi was an absolute star
18:37Uh, uh, he really was guys he he um
18:42Loaded into the the vehicle and allowed the guys
18:46Without
18:47Me being there
18:50He allowed the guys to
18:53One feed him at the one end and the other one take his tail through the
18:58Gap
18:59Um in the loading vehicle and wash his entire tail
19:03With, um, uh, this you know special
19:09Antibacterial antifungal
19:10Soap and then put this f10 cream on
19:13And they did that for a solid
19:17Three weeks every day and
19:20Yeah, that is the result his tail is healed healing the hair is growing back
19:25Once the hair starts growing back, you know that that's the end of it
19:29And, um, so we can you treat like once a week now and he will be fine
19:33But he's already he's a happy happy happy cat today. Look at this guy
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